Exemptions and Guidance

Part 115, Solid Waste Management, of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, 1994, PA 451 as amended, allows the Director to designate waste materials as inert, compostable, low-hazard industrial waste, site/source separated, or appropriate for land application under an Agricultural Use Approval. This page contains a number of generic exemptions that were developed by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) in addition to some guidance documents related to solid waste issues.

Abrasive Blasting Guidance

• Abrasive Blasting Memo
• Department of Defense Spent Blast Media Management Policy 07-10-2019
• US EPA Spent Blast Media Mismanagement Alert 10-08-2019

Agricultural Use Approval

• Approval Form
• Appendix B Operational Memo Gen-8-Detection Limits
• Appendix C
  • Part 115 Inert Criteria
    • Part 201 Table 1 (leachate criteria)
    • Part 201 Table 2 (totals criteria)
• Appendix D AUA Site ID Form Fillable [Download to use]
• Appendix E Map of District Offices

Backyard Composting Information

Biofuel Residues and Waste FAQs

Concrete Grinding Slurry Exemption

Dredging Documents

• Dredge Material Designation of Inertness
• Restrictive Covenant
• Dredge Material Guidance
• District Map

Drywall Recycling Locations (Updated 10/23/2014)

• Gypsum Drywall Exemption
• OSU Bulletin 945 - Gypsum as an Agricultural Amendment
• Drywall Recycling

Ethanol Exemption

• Ethanol Stillage and Syrup Agricultural Use Approval

Fish Waste Exemption

• Site Identification Form
• District Map

Household Hazardous Waste Programs

Lead Painted Debris Designation of Inertness

• Example - Lead Painted Debris Certification Form

Manure, Paunch, and Pen Waste Exemption

• Site Identification Form

On-Farm Anaerobic Digestion

Designation of Exemption for Road Killed Deer

Scrap Wood Recycling Locations

• Scrap Wood Exemption

Tire Material Designation of Inertness